Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thorpe Willoughby, Yorkshire

Thorpe Willoughby is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Yorkshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SMITH169.09096.44
SCOTT95.113620.21
COLDWELL84.54551,038.96
PARROTT84.5455400.00
OXLEY73.9773284.55
TINDALL73.9773654.21
LIVSEY73.97731,129.03
MITCHELL63.409116.81
LEVITT63.40911,016.95
FOSTER63.409125.50
HERRINGTON52.8409757.58
HUTCHINSON52.840950.00
CLAYTON52.840952.25
DODSWORTH42.2727547.95
MOSLEY42.2727240.96
FIRTH31.704551.28
LEAK31.7045441.18
FAIRWEATHER31.7045220.59
RAWDON21.13642,222.22
LAWLEY21.1364188.68
HORSFALL21.1364112.99
BURTON21.136413.34
HARRISON21.13645.12
MILNER21.136449.51
BRIGHAM21.1364540.54
ECCLES21.136470.92
BATTY10.568237.17
GILLION10.56823,333.33
PARKER10.56822.99
WILLSON10.568250.76
NEVILLE10.568247.85
SHANNON10.568273.53
RINGROSE10.5682232.56
PEARSON10.56824.89
JACKSON10.56822.03
HOOK10.568238.31
HARPER10.56828.87
SHACKLETON10.568250.51
FORD10.56825.83
RICHARDSON10.56823.34
LAWSON10.56829.63
WILSON10.56821.24
NEWTON10.56827.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLION3,333.3310.5682
RAWDON2,222.2221.1364
LIVSEY1,129.0373.9773
COLDWELL1,038.9684.5455
LEVITT1,016.9563.4091
HERRINGTON757.5852.8409
TINDALL654.2173.9773
DODSWORTH547.9542.2727
BRIGHAM540.5421.1364
LEAK441.1831.7045
PARROTT400.0084.5455
OXLEY284.5573.9773
MOSLEY240.9642.2727
RINGROSE232.5610.5682
FAIRWEATHER220.5931.7045
LAWLEY188.6821.1364
HORSFALL112.9921.1364
SHANNON73.5310.5682
ECCLES70.9221.1364
CLAYTON52.2552.8409
FIRTH51.2831.7045
WILLSON50.7610.5682
SHACKLETON50.5110.5682
HUTCHINSON50.0052.8409
MILNER49.5121.1364
NEVILLE47.8510.5682
HOOK38.3110.5682
BATTY37.1710.5682
FOSTER25.5063.4091
SCOTT20.2195.1136
MITCHELL16.8163.4091
BURTON13.3421.1364
LAWSON9.6310.5682
HARPER8.8710.5682
NEWTON7.4110.5682
SMITH6.44169.0909
FORD5.8310.5682
HARRISON5.1221.1364
PEARSON4.8910.5682
RICHARDSON3.3410.5682
PARKER2.9910.5682
JACKSON2.0310.5682
WILSON1.2410.5682

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called GILLION in Thorpe Willoughby at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 0.5682 in Thorpe Willoughby means that 0.5682% of the people in Thorpe Willoughby on census day were called GILLION.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLION in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called GILLION as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called GILLION here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called GILLION here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Thorpe Willoughby means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLION in Thorpe Willoughby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thorpe Willoughby in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

BACKHOUSE (1)  BATTY (1)  BEASBECK (1)  BESTY (1)  BRIGHAM (2)  BURTON (2)  COLDWELL (8)  CLAYTON (5)  DEABBS (1)  DODSWORTH (4)  ECCLES (2)  ELLMOR (1)  FAIRWEATHER (3)  FALKINGHAM (7)  FAWCITT (1)  FEWSDALE (6)  FIRTH (3)  FORD (1)  FOSTER (6)  GILLION (1)  HARPER (1)  HERRINGTON (5)  HARRISON (2)  HARSWOOD (6)  HINDELL (1)  HORSFALL (2)  HOOK (1)  HUTCHINSON (5)  JACKSON (1)  LEAK (3)  LAWLEY (2)  LAWSON (1)  LEVITT (6)  LIVSEY (7)  MEAGH (1)  MILNER (2)  MITCHELL (6)  MOSLEY (4)  NEVILLE (1)  NEWTON (1)  OXLEY (7)  PAILE (1)  PALFREMAN (3)  PARKER (1)  PARROTT (8)  PEARSON (1)  RAWDON (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  RINGROSE (1)  SCOTT (9)  SHACKLETON (1)  SHANNON (1)  SMITH (16)  TINDALL (7)  WILSON (1)  WILLSON (1)